2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,511 503 14.6 13.1-16.1 3,008 85.4 83.9-86.9
Non-Hispanic White 2,205 349 15.9 14.1-17.9 1,856 84.1 82.1-85.9
GENDER
Male 1,029 207 20.0 17.1-23.1 822 80.0 76.9-82.9
Female 1,176 142 12.2 10.0-14.7 1,034 87.8 85.3-90.0
AGE
18-34 364 57 15.6 11.7-20.5 307 84.4 79.5-88.3
35-44 285 61 24.0 18.5-30.4 224 76.0 69.6-81.5
45-54 345 57 16.3 12.1-21.6 288 83.7 78.4-87.9
55-64 449 73 17.0 13.0-21.8 376 83.0 78.2-87.0
65-74 425 53 11.6 8.5-15.7 372 88.4 84.3-91.5
75+ 299 43 11.9 8.0-17.4 256 88.1 82.6-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 442 60 13.1 9.7-17.3 382 86.9 82.7-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 668 101 14.9 11.9-18.4 567 85.1 81.6-88.1
College Graduate 1,001 165 17.7 15.0-20.7 836 82.3 79.3-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 128 25 19.9 12.9-29.4 103 80.1 70.6-87.1
$25,000- 34,999 184 24 12.4 7.8-19.3 160 87.6 80.7-92.2
$35,000- 49,999 220 25 10.4 6.3-16.6 195 89.6 83.4-93.7
$50,000- 74,999 291 42 16.0 11.4-22.1 249 84.0 77.9-88.6
$75,000+ 858 152 19.0 16.0-22.4 706 81.0 77.6-84.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 722 118 15.7 12.6-19.3 604 84.3 80.7-87.4
No 1,460 229 16.2 14.0-18.7 1,231 83.8 81.3-86.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 284 56 22.4 16.4-29.8 228 77.6 70.2-83.6
Non-Veteran 1,918 293 15.1 13.3-17.2 1,625 84.9 82.8-86.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 633 118 19.3 15.8-23.3 515 80.7 76.7-84.2
Regional City or Suburban County 634 85 12.5 9.8-16.0 549 87.5 84.0-90.2
Rural 938 146 16.3 13.5-19.6 792 83.7 80.4-86.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,204 200 17.8 15.2-20.6 1,004 82.2 79.4-84.8
Unemployed 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 694 89 10.7 8.3-13.7 605 89.3 86.3-91.7
Unable to Work 146 29 20.6 13.7-29.6 117 79.4 70.4-86.3
Other not in Labor Force 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 111 15 13.0 7.1-22.6 96 87.0 77.4-92.9
101% to 150% 109 25 22.2 14.0-33.3 84 77.8 66.7-86.0
151% to 200% 160 24 11.2 7.0-17.3 136 88.8 82.7-93.0
More than 200% 1,339 208 16.8 14.5-19.5 1,131 83.2 80.5-85.5
HOUSING
Own 1,708 266 15.6 13.6-17.9 1,442 84.4 82.1-86.4
Rent 356 61 18.3 13.6-24.0 295 81.7 76.0-86.4
Other arrangement 123 21 15.9 9.9-24.6 102 84.1 75.4-90.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 431 70 16.1 12.1-21.2 361 83.9 78.8-87.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 808 127 16.7 13.7-20.1 681 83.3 79.9-86.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 966 152 15.2 12.7-18.2 814 84.8 81.8-87.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 804 127 15.4 12.6-18.6 677 84.6 81.4-87.4
2nd Quartile 623 98 17.0 13.7-20.9 525 83.0 79.1-86.3
3rd Quartile 535 87 15.6 12.2-19.9 448 84.4 80.1-87.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 243 37 15.2 10.2-22.0 206 84.8 78.0-89.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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